tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11073375071622271982020-05-20T08:51:43.262+01:00ClydeSightsContemporary local shipping on the ClydeThe ClydeSighter . . .http://www.blogger.com/profile/16191342351911701513noreply@blogger.comBlogger2398125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107337507162227198.post-76289321665782122542011-09-16T20:35:00.000+01:002011-11-29T16:41:57.234+00:00QUEEN MARY 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TVVMFLkboS4/TtUJpQBahaI/AAAAAAAAHsc/3DOrfzlZNjY/s1600/CS11qm2a0916.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TVVMFLkboS4/TtUJpQBahaI/AAAAAAAAHsc/3DOrfzlZNjY/s320/CS11qm2a0916.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The largest passenger ship to visit the Clyde during 2011 was Cunard's QUEEN MARY 2, making her second visit to Greenock. Once again, she was on a cruise around the British Isles, and had started at Southampton, visiting Cherbourg, Cobh and Liverpool on the way.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HCJIck2QkVQ/TtUJqDUoOjI/AAAAAAAAHsk/pyhh-0uuThE/s1600/CS11qm2b0916.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="154" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HCJIck2QkVQ/TtUJqDUoOjI/AAAAAAAAHsk/pyhh-0uuThE/s320/CS11qm2b0916.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On board QUEEN MARY 2 were some passengers who had sailed south from Greenock a few days earlier aboard QUEEN ELIZABETH, and who had transferred from one ship to the other at Southampton.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SWWuwIs7aRA/TtUJqvfZzOI/AAAAAAAAHss/4_nroz5Em1Q/s1600/CS11qm2c0916.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="142" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SWWuwIs7aRA/TtUJqvfZzOI/AAAAAAAAHss/4_nroz5Em1Q/s320/CS11qm2c0916.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">From Greenock, QUEEN MARY 2 continued her cruise around the north of Scotland to the Forth, where she anchored off Queensferry before heading back to Southampton.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>The ClydeSighter . . .http://www.blogger.com/profile/16191342351911701513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107337507162227198.post-84048859722362529492011-09-15T22:05:00.000+01:002011-11-28T22:17:18.573+00:00EMERALD PRINCESS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TYiuLztE074/TtQFrqj0FrI/AAAAAAAAHsU/-MRA5AC1Zq4/s1600/CS11emeraldprincess0915.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TYiuLztE074/TtQFrqj0FrI/AAAAAAAAHsU/-MRA5AC1Zq4/s320/CS11emeraldprincess0915.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Another of the Princess Cruises fleet paid a one-day visit to Greenock during 2011. EMERALD PRINCESS is seen above making her way downriver after visiting the Clyde for the first time on a positiong voyage that was taking her from the Baltic to Fort Lauderdale in Florida. Having started at Copenhagen, she sailed to Oslo and Kristiansand before heading to Greenock. The 113,561 gross ton cruiseship, completed in the spring of 2007, was built by Fincantieri. She measures 290 metres, the maximum that can travel through the Panama Canal, and generally spends the summer months in European waters, and the winters in the warmer Caribbean.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>The ClydeSighter . . .http://www.blogger.com/profile/16191342351911701513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107337507162227198.post-45247964748679128682011-09-14T21:31:00.000+01:002011-12-06T23:46:26.962+00:00NUUK MAERSK<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UNhMbhOpgp0/Tt6lwwfW_3I/AAAAAAAAHyI/aDZsQ_EaueI/s1600/CS11nuukmaersk0914.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="147" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UNhMbhOpgp0/Tt6lwwfW_3I/AAAAAAAAHyI/aDZsQ_EaueI/s320/CS11nuukmaersk0914.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Outbound for Belfast, another ship belonging to the combined <span style="color: red;"><a href="http://www.brostrom.com/Fleet/Pages/Fleet.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Maersk/Brostrom</span></a> </span>fleet was seen leaving Loch Long with a cargo from Finnart. NUUK MAERSK, dating from 2008, is one of their six-strong 'N' class products carriers of 16,550 tonnes. She was carrying a cargo of refined products that had been pumped across Scotland from Grangemouth.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>The ClydeSighter . . .http://www.blogger.com/profile/16191342351911701513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107337507162227198.post-82946345507491627082011-09-10T19:15:00.000+01:002011-12-06T23:25:55.123+00:00REGGEDIJK<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JT1JgM0Gli4/Tt6h-cEJnAI/AAAAAAAAHyA/wWj4_sY3gqg/s1600/CS11reggedijk0910.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="177" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JT1JgM0Gli4/Tt6h-cEJnAI/AAAAAAAAHyA/wWj4_sY3gqg/s320/CS11reggedijk0910.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>The brightly coloured Dutch coaster REGGEDIJK was seen heading out to sea, fully laden with a cargo of scrap metal from Renfrew destined for the Spanish port of Seville. REGGEDIJK is the fourteenth, and last, ship of a series of 4,450 tonne deadweight coasters built by the Chowgule shipyard at Goa in India. She was delivered in April 2011, and is owned by Dutch company <a href="http://www.navigia.nl/index.php" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Navigia</span></a>, and operated by German firm <a href="http://www.apolloshipping.de/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Apollo Shipping</span></a>.<br /><br />The ClydeSighter . . .http://www.blogger.com/profile/16191342351911701513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107337507162227198.post-74656440867867730572011-09-09T23:00:00.000+01:002011-12-06T23:06:34.522+00:00BRO ATLAND<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9jd04YunhPU/Tt6ei39qJTI/AAAAAAAAHx4/zn8CmnzH8uI/s1600/CS11broatland0909.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="164" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9jd04YunhPU/Tt6ei39qJTI/AAAAAAAAHx4/zn8CmnzH8uI/s320/CS11broatland0909.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">With SOUND OF SCARBA providing a splash of colour on an otherwise drab day, the products tanker BRO ATLAND heads past Hunter's Quay and the Holy Loch on her way to Finnart, where she would be loading a cargo of grades for Belfast, once a regular run for the ships of the Brostrom fleet.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>The ClydeSighter . . .http://www.blogger.com/profile/16191342351911701513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107337507162227198.post-68865215375277540832011-09-07T21:55:00.000+01:002011-11-28T22:04:08.443+00:00PRINSENDAM outbound<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bfpwdq4yPt8/TtQDiOWrguI/AAAAAAAAHsM/5mHoW6Czanc/s1600/CS11prinsendam0907.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="141" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-bfpwdq4yPt8/TtQDiOWrguI/AAAAAAAAHsM/5mHoW6Czanc/s320/CS11prinsendam0907.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After calling at Greenock, PRINSENDAM had been due to sail overnight to Oban but, in light of the poor weather forecast, she remained alongside Ocean Terminal until early morning. With QUEEN ELIZABETH due alongside, PRINSENDAM moved clear of the berth and&nbsp;steamed&nbsp;the short distance across to the mouth of the Holy Loch, where she anchored for the day. Her tenders ferried passengers ashore at Sandbank, from where coaches were laid on to take passengers on excursions to parts of Argyll that they might have visited from Oban. PRINSENDAM sailed in the evening for Portree.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>The ClydeSighter . . .http://www.blogger.com/profile/16191342351911701513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107337507162227198.post-43639649546858088362011-09-07T21:42:00.000+01:002011-12-06T22:58:17.877+00:00SOUND OF SCARBA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nmw_Vfpvaq0/Tt6dGqJDPuI/AAAAAAAAHxw/jm2aff0-u6w/s1600/CS11scarba0907.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="184" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Nmw_Vfpvaq0/Tt6dGqJDPuI/AAAAAAAAHxw/jm2aff0-u6w/s320/CS11scarba0907.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">While SOUND OF SCARBA lies at her berth at Hunter's Quay, the cruiseship PRINSENDAM rides at anchor off the mouth of the Holy Loch. Diverted to 'Sandbank' instead of Oban because of a poor weather forecast, her tenders were running passengers ashore at the Holy Loch Marina. A couple of runs were also carried out by CRUISER.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>The ClydeSighter . . .http://www.blogger.com/profile/16191342351911701513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107337507162227198.post-15642961408458530432011-09-07T21:23:00.000+01:002011-12-06T22:24:21.957+00:00VILAMOURA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Hzm4OvG1d-w/Tt6SfwxNEgI/AAAAAAAAHxo/6I20f1okY9k/s1600/CS11vilamoura0907.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="177" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Hzm4OvG1d-w/Tt6SfwxNEgI/AAAAAAAAHxo/6I20f1okY9k/s320/CS11vilamoura0907.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Following QUEEN ELIZABETH up the Firth of Clyde was the Suezmax tanker VILAMOURA, fully laden with a cargo of Nigerian crude oil from Forcados. A modern double-hulled tanker, she was completed in March 2011 by Samsung Heavy Industries in Korea. 264 metres long, she has a deadweight of 158,621 tonnes and is operated by <a href="http://www.heidmar.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Heidmar</span></a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>The ClydeSighter . . .http://www.blogger.com/profile/16191342351911701513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107337507162227198.post-50594505158519194802011-09-07T21:16:00.000+01:002011-11-28T21:55:23.381+00:00QUEEN ELIZABETH<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PEpbx5Pv7h4/TtO7gWXMMbI/AAAAAAAAHrs/kMdcR6AbzJg/s1600/CS11qe0907.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="162" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PEpbx5Pv7h4/TtO7gWXMMbI/AAAAAAAAHrs/kMdcR6AbzJg/s320/CS11qe0907.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Making her first visit to the Clyde, Cunard's latest cruise ship QUEEN ELIZABETH is seen above making her way upriver past Dunoon to Greenock Ocean Terminal. QUEEN ELIZABETH is slightly larger than her close sister QUEEN VICTORIA, which visited Greenock in July 2010. As she has a slightly different layout her tonnage is 90,901 gross tons.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t6un6yaF7Hw/TtO7jvXxc0I/AAAAAAAAHr0/sBxpYBZ6rS8/s1600/CS11qe0907a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="108" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-t6un6yaF7Hw/TtO7jvXxc0I/AAAAAAAAHr0/sBxpYBZ6rS8/s320/CS11qe0907a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As QUEEN ELIZABETH made her way upriver, she passed another passenger ship, PRINSENDAM, which had lain overnight at Greenock. The pair exchanged greetings as they passed one another, both being owned by a subsidiary of the Carnival Corporation.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-__7k2IRKAr4/TtO7nUsDj6I/AAAAAAAAHr8/KJoVj16MRQU/s1600/CS11qe0907b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="144" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-__7k2IRKAr4/TtO7nUsDj6I/AAAAAAAAHr8/KJoVj16MRQU/s320/CS11qe0907b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">QUEEN ELIZABETH was launched in January 2010 and completed in October at the Fincantieri Molfalcone shipyard in Italy. She was named by Her Majesty the Queen at Southampton, her home port, on 11 October 2010 before setting out on a cruise to the Canary Islands.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TdXnCryEyls/TtO7qELiBwI/AAAAAAAAHsE/IO0mpz6JFlQ/s1600/CS11qe0907c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="137" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TdXnCryEyls/TtO7qELiBwI/AAAAAAAAHsE/IO0mpz6JFlQ/s320/CS11qe0907c.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Although several cruise ship have left Greenock and taken the Hunterston Channel on their way downriver, the departure of QUEEN ELIZABETH was unusual as it was probably the first time that a Cunard ship has done so. The last view shows her catching the evening sun as she heads towards Largs.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>The ClydeSighter . . .http://www.blogger.com/profile/16191342351911701513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107337507162227198.post-8959747857915278482011-09-06T20:57:00.000+01:002011-12-05T18:12:16.004+00:00BREMEN TRADER<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HBmHZCw0Gg0/Ttz2EtTGMPI/AAAAAAAAHwk/W4Ol3DfTgqg/s1600/CS11brementrader0906.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="129" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HBmHZCw0Gg0/Ttz2EtTGMPI/AAAAAAAAHwk/W4Ol3DfTgqg/s320/CS11brementrader0906.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Arriving from Skagen, BREMEN TRADER was heading to Finnart to load a cargo of reformate for Buenos Aires. BREMEN TRADER is operated by <a href="http://www.lomarshipping.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Lomar Shipping</span></a>, a London-based company. Built in South Korea by KY Heavy Industries at Mopko, she was named AUSTER initially before becoming <a href="http://clydesights.com/2008/06/hellespont-chivalry.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">HELLESPONT CHIVALRY</span></a> in 2008, under which name she visited the Clyde in June that year. She became a member of the Lomar fleet in January 2011, along with two sisters, and was renamed. BREMEN TRADER has a deadweight of 13,185 tonnes and is 128.6 metres in length.</div>The ClydeSighter . . .http://www.blogger.com/profile/16191342351911701513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107337507162227198.post-60751098082571465452011-09-06T20:50:00.000+01:002011-12-05T18:02:25.237+00:00NORTHERN OCEAN<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LnO5fUfDIic/Ttz2G7JoVzI/AAAAAAAAHw8/wuUtdRkMli8/s1600/CS11northernocean0906.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="144" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-LnO5fUfDIic/Ttz2G7JoVzI/AAAAAAAAHw8/wuUtdRkMli8/s320/CS11northernocean0906.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Putting out to sea into a fresh westerly wind, the products tanker NORTHERN OCEAN had been delivering a cargo of fuel to Rothesay Dock that she had loaded at Brofjorden in Norway. NORTHERN OCEAN is registered at Nolsoy in the Faroe Islands but has, in the past, been a regular visitor to the Clyde as <a href="http://clydesights.com/2008/03/sten-odin.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">STEN ODIN</span></a>, her original name. She is now owned and operated by the Swedish&nbsp;<a href="http://www.furetank.se/splash.php" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Furetank Group</span></a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>The ClydeSighter . . .http://www.blogger.com/profile/16191342351911701513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107337507162227198.post-48603193149221129062011-09-06T20:42:00.000+01:002011-11-28T16:47:48.963+00:00PRINSENDAM<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vVSHT9zCReE/TtO6Bwul8YI/AAAAAAAAHrk/vwPeD6vEclY/s1600/CS11prinsendam0906.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="144" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vVSHT9zCReE/TtO6Bwul8YI/AAAAAAAAHrk/vwPeD6vEclY/s320/CS11prinsendam0906.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Holland America Lines' attractive cruiseship PRINSENDAM returned to the Clyde for another visit to Greenock while on a cruise around the British Isles. The 1988-built ship, originally named ROYAL VIKING SUN and later SEABOURN SUN, was seen arriving from Belfast.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>The ClydeSighter . . .http://www.blogger.com/profile/16191342351911701513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107337507162227198.post-8901608636567590522011-09-04T19:32:00.000+01:002011-12-05T17:41:06.280+00:00SEAWAY ENDEAVOUR<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GKDc14rOuJQ/Ttz_8QplBsI/AAAAAAAAHxg/cZOz0Tg29Gs/s1600/CS11seawayendeavour0904.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="196" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GKDc14rOuJQ/Ttz_8QplBsI/AAAAAAAAHxg/cZOz0Tg29Gs/s320/CS11seawayendeavour0904.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Previously Serco's SD COLONEL TEMPLER, and having been for sale for several months, the former trials ship was drydocked by Garvel and has now been renamed SEAWAY ENDEAVOUR after being sold in July &nbsp;to a Swedish company. Built at Aberdeen in 1966 as the stern trawler CRISCILLA, she is now being prepared for a new role as a survey vessel.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>The ClydeSighter . . .http://www.blogger.com/profile/16191342351911701513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107337507162227198.post-37536436821352640812011-09-03T21:02:00.000+01:002011-12-05T17:24:10.788+00:00MSC IRIS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">&nbsp;<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dyqCAuleyeo/Ttz2GSCepII/AAAAAAAAHw0/kvaj8sfz1Ts/s1600/CS11msciris0903.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="190" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dyqCAuleyeo/Ttz2GSCepII/AAAAAAAAHw0/kvaj8sfz1Ts/s320/CS11msciris0903.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">One of the more varied container services running to Greenock is that operated by the Mediterranean Shipping Company from Antwerp. A wide selection of vessels of varying vintage and origin has appeared on the run, including this one, MSC IRIS, seen above on her first visit to the Clyde. MSC IRIS was built in 1982 by VEB Warnowwerft Warnemünde at Rostock, in what was at the time East Germany, for Soviet owners. Originally named KAPITAN GAVRILOV, she was later lengthened and, in 1995, renamed LISBOA. Now 203.1 metres long, and with a deadweight of 21,370 tonnes, &nbsp;she was subsequently renamed several times eventually becoming MSC IRIS in March 2004.<br /><br /></div>The ClydeSighter . . .http://www.blogger.com/profile/16191342351911701513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107337507162227198.post-3425894840648191482011-09-03T20:48:00.000+01:002011-12-05T16:55:45.985+00:00HEBRIDEAN ISLES<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xHSFjCZQikc/Ttz2FRWtQXI/AAAAAAAAHwo/GWE_vulynMI/s1600/CS11hebisles0903.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="188" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xHSFjCZQikc/Ttz2FRWtQXI/AAAAAAAAHwo/GWE_vulynMI/s320/CS11hebisles0903.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Since the introduction of the new Islay ferry FINLAGGAN, the service has been maintained by both the new ship and one of the existing ferries on the crossing between Kennacraig and Port Askaig. With ISLE OF ARRAN on duty, the chance has been taken to take HEBRIDEAN ISLES off service and to update the control systems for her propulsion machinery. This work has been carried out afloat at Garvel, Greenock, and included the replacement of propeller pitch, steering and bow thruster controls with new electronic systems. In the view above, two of the new wiring looms can be seen dangling over the bridge wings before final installation.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>The ClydeSighter . . .http://www.blogger.com/profile/16191342351911701513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107337507162227198.post-51204381003678154142011-08-28T20:30:00.000+01:002011-12-05T17:01:18.716+00:00ARKLOW ROCK<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OFl3TzSJ7Pg/Ttz3vveBNNI/AAAAAAAAHxM/qggumKTIAL0/s1600/CS11arklowrock0828.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="177" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OFl3TzSJ7Pg/Ttz3vveBNNI/AAAAAAAAHxM/qggumKTIAL0/s320/CS11arklowrock0828.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Arklow Shipping's 2004-built 4,485 tonne deadweight coaster ARKLOW ROCK is seen above passing Cloch Light as she arrives on the Clyde from Liverpool, to load a cargo of scrap metal at Shieldhall Riverside berth. ARKLOW ROCK was built, like most of the company's ships, by Barkmeijer Stroobos, and flies the Dutch flag.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>The ClydeSighter . . .http://www.blogger.com/profile/16191342351911701513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107337507162227198.post-83690935334749918332011-08-28T20:17:00.000+01:002011-11-28T03:31:15.504+00:00OCEAN COUNTESS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UCVtahHO7oY/TtL-z-XbkRI/AAAAAAAAHrc/pPmkdPFFTk8/s1600/CS11oceancountess0828.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="175" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UCVtahHO7oY/TtL-z-XbkRI/AAAAAAAAHrc/pPmkdPFFTk8/s320/CS11oceancountess0828.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Seen cruising on the Upper Firth at the end of August was OCEAN PRINCESS, diverted from a scheduled call at Rothesay because of bad weather. She had attempted to lie at anchor off the Bute town but it was decided instead to cruise towards Loch Long, and she was caught between showers heading past Cloch Lighthouse. Her cruise had started at Leith and visited Lerwick, Thorshavn and Stornoway, before continuing south. The voyage finished at Liverpool.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>The ClydeSighter . . .http://www.blogger.com/profile/16191342351911701513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107337507162227198.post-1324837812319173402011-08-27T22:17:00.000+01:002011-12-03T22:28:00.388+00:00BESIKTAS SCOTLAND<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HvgBi30DRiM/Ttqezwv5gxI/AAAAAAAAHwM/APdR7GWQ0nI/s1600/CS11besiktasscotland0827.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="140" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HvgBi30DRiM/Ttqezwv5gxI/AAAAAAAAHwM/APdR7GWQ0nI/s320/CS11besiktasscotland0827.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Heading past Kirn, the Maltese-flagged tanker BESIKTAS SCOTLAND was on her way to Finnart to load a cargo of reformate for Amsterdam. Built by the <a href="http://www.cicekshipyard.com/ReferenceShow.asp?ID=25&amp;LeftMenu=References" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Cicek Shipyard</span></a> in Turkey, she is one of a number of similar vessels operated by the <a href="http://www.besiktasgroup.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">Besiktas Group</span></a>, one of which - <a href="http://clydesights.com/2008/03/besiktas-greenland.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">BESIKTAS GREENLAND</span></a> - has previously visited the river. &nbsp;BESIKTAS SCOTLAND is 147.5 metres overall, with a deadweight of 17.998 tonnes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>The ClydeSighter . . .http://www.blogger.com/profile/16191342351911701513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107337507162227198.post-50280075124937109962011-08-27T22:13:00.000+01:002011-12-03T22:16:28.067+00:00DRAGON - D35<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NS5RIhsJwSs/Ttqe2MFvXYI/AAAAAAAAHwU/47wQtNgEw1w/s1600/CS11dragon0827.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NS5RIhsJwSs/Ttqe2MFvXYI/AAAAAAAAHwU/47wQtNgEw1w/s320/CS11dragon0827.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Leaving the Clyde for the last time under the defaced Blue Ensign, the Type 45 destroyer DRAGON was seen making her way downfirth as she started her voyage to Portsmouth, where she would be handed over officially to the Royal Navy. DRAGON is the fourth ship of the class.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>The ClydeSighter . . .http://www.blogger.com/profile/16191342351911701513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107337507162227198.post-55860002928110258212011-08-25T23:28:00.000+01:002011-12-03T21:36:48.765+00:00POLE STAR<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PiCGLYbhu-M/TtqNgHMr1WI/AAAAAAAAHvc/_DhfO8MgNt4/s1600/CS11polestar0825.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="192" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PiCGLYbhu-M/TtqNgHMr1WI/AAAAAAAAHvc/_DhfO8MgNt4/s320/CS11polestar0825.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Northern Lighthouse Board's buoy tender POLE STAR was seen making her way downfirth after a brief visit to Greenock. Although plans to <a href="http://www.macduffshipdesign.com/Gallery/EXISTING_VESSELS/ExistingVesselsILBPoleStar.htm" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">lengthen her</span></a><span id="goog_478605591"></span><span id="goog_478605592"></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/"></a> were drawn up by Macduff Ship Design, so far no firm announcement has been made to say that the work will go ahead.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>The ClydeSighter . . .http://www.blogger.com/profile/16191342351911701513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107337507162227198.post-49675070073591882822011-08-25T23:23:00.000+01:002011-12-03T21:28:27.300+00:00SATURN<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OfJVyaWyljY/TtqNlnxPs6I/AAAAAAAAHvk/xpd5D6ida4o/s1600/CS11saturn0825.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="182" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-OfJVyaWyljY/TtqNlnxPs6I/AAAAAAAAHvk/xpd5D6ida4o/s320/CS11saturn0825.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Seen making her first visit to the new breakwater linkspan berth at Dunoon, CalMac's SATURN was conducting berthing trials between morning and afternoon services between Brodick and Ardrossan. She was carrying out these trials prior to spending Cowal Games Saturday on charter to Argyll Ferries Ltd, supplementing their own service to assist with conveying the anticipated crowds between Gourock and Dunoon for the Games.</div><br />The ClydeSighter . . .http://www.blogger.com/profile/16191342351911701513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107337507162227198.post-73041175898082432132011-08-25T23:16:00.000+01:002011-12-03T21:23:16.779+00:00SEAPOWET<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1XkC8baZn0s/TtqNtQnQ4II/AAAAAAAAHv0/3MwbQ8DTQq8/s1600/CS11seapowet0825.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="109" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1XkC8baZn0s/TtqNtQnQ4II/AAAAAAAAHv0/3MwbQ8DTQq8/s320/CS11seapowet0825.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After completing the discharge of animal feed at Shieldhall, the large oil/bulk ore carrier SEAPOWET was seen making her way out to sea for her next cargo. SEAPOWET is operated by B+H Equimar of Singapore, and is registered at Nassau in the Bahamas. She was built in 1992 by the Danish shipbuilder Burmeister and Wain, who also supplied her main engine. 228.6 metres long, she has a deadweight of 74,928 tonnes and c an carry both dry bulk and liquid cargoes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>The ClydeSighter . . .http://www.blogger.com/profile/16191342351911701513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107337507162227198.post-36654644000760309702011-08-25T23:06:00.000+01:002011-11-28T03:18:52.992+00:00ARCADIA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z9MPw6wzqGQ/TtL6krN5pQI/AAAAAAAAHrM/8_Mu8csSuNU/s1600/CS11arcadia0825a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="163" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z9MPw6wzqGQ/TtL6krN5pQI/AAAAAAAAHrM/8_Mu8csSuNU/s320/CS11arcadia0825a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Another of the many 'Vista' class ships owned by the various companies belonging to the Carnival Corporation made her first visit to the Clyde when P&amp;O's ARCADIA called at Greenock. The fourth ship of a class that, with derivatives, eventually numbered eleven, ARCADIA was completed by Italian shipyard Fincantieri in 2005.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wbplFGonZZY/TtL6mWZlCmI/AAAAAAAAHrU/nnE5mQpl3eE/s1600/CS11arcadia0825b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="185" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wbplFGonZZY/TtL6mWZlCmI/AAAAAAAAHrU/nnE5mQpl3eE/s320/CS11arcadia0825b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">ARCADIA, which has an overall length of 290 metres, is 86,799 gross tons and can carry a maximum of 2,388 passengers although she&nbsp;normally&nbsp;sails with around 1950. She was on a cruise around the British Isles that had last called at Lerwick, and in the lower picture she was outbound for Liverpool.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>The ClydeSighter . . .http://www.blogger.com/profile/16191342351911701513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107337507162227198.post-47219109554261996162011-08-22T21:11:00.000+01:002011-12-03T21:15:54.664+00:00VALE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6n6Z_DE53-s/TtqNt3J5AzI/AAAAAAAAHv8/P_8t8rCyY0Q/s1600/CS11vale0822.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="137" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6n6Z_DE53-s/TtqNt3J5AzI/AAAAAAAAHv8/P_8t8rCyY0Q/s320/CS11vale0822.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The products tanker VALE, which has been on the Clyde&nbsp;<a href="http://clydesights.com/2008/12/vale.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: red;">before</span></a>, was seen heading upriver to Clydebank with a cargo of fuel from Rotterdam. The 13,006 tonne deadweight ship flies the Singapore flag and dates from 2007.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>The ClydeSighter . . .http://www.blogger.com/profile/16191342351911701513noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107337507162227198.post-83121837086744773522011-08-22T20:58:00.000+01:002011-12-03T21:10:41.020+00:00ROVER<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YRuATmLaX3c/TtqNpFHBK6I/AAAAAAAAHvs/Py0Jc69hvw8/s1600/CS11rover0822.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="168" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YRuATmLaX3c/TtqNpFHBK6I/AAAAAAAAHvs/Py0Jc69hvw8/s320/CS11rover0822.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;">After having some work carried out at Fairlie, Clyde Marine's ROVER was noted under tow passing upfirth back to Greenock. She was lashed alongside one of her owner's tugs, BEAVER BAY, and the pair are seen above with Argyll Ferries' ALI CAT heading across the Clyde to Dunoon.</div>The ClydeSighter . . .http://www.blogger.com/profile/16191342351911701513noreply@blogger.com0